9 April2021receive the same inheritance as male relatives, and 30 percent have had difficulty accessing education and professional training compared to (their) male peers or relatives. 40 percent of male respondents and 44 percent of female respondents deem it acceptable to let women do the majority of housework, childcare, and elderly care.Impact of COVID-19 - Females in India seem to have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic on a greater scale than their male counterparts. Forty-five percent expect inequality between women and men will rise as a consequence of COVID-19. A strong majority (89 percent) think that women should be involved in all aspects of the global health response and recovery efforts to COVID-19. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 67 percent females in India said that their time doing household work has increased. Ten percent have lost their job and 29 percent could not do as many hours of paid work as they usually would."We've made a lot of progress on gender equality over the last 25 years, but there's so much work left to do. Now, with COVID-19, just as women are assuming an outsized role in responding to the pandemic in their communities and at home, they are also experiencing enormous added burden, and we could see the consequences of that strain playing out for years to come," said Divya Mathew, Senior Manager, Policy and Advocacy at Women Deliver. She also added "This survey shows us where the world has fallen short, but it also delivers the encouraging news that the vast majority of women and men around the world expect their leaders to take action to advance gender equality". ACCORDING TO INDIA-BASED FINDINGS OF THE REPORT BY WOMEN DELIVER AND FOCUS 2030, WOMEN IN INDIA CITED PUBLIC PLACES TO BE THE MOST COMMON PLACE WHERE THEY FELT AT-RISK
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